Two Beauties Join Jaycee Pageant School
Two contestants Jacqueline Weathers of Lattimore and Miss Tyndall of Mount Airy join the Jaycee Pageant School for the past school year. The event features a written test June 6 and a subsequent on field skill test, with winners going to a state competition in Chapel Hill for three days of events and judging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lattimore
N. C
Jacqueline
A. P. Weathers
Lattimore High School
Appalachian State Teachers College
Boone
Glee Club
Miss Weathers
George Gershwin
Cole Porter
Miss Tyndall
P. A. Tyndall
Grace Street
Mount Airy
Salem College
Winston-Salem
Mount Airy High School
Tyndall
Alleghany
Wilkes
Yuikin
Surry
Chapel Hill
Mosquito Plague Strikes North Carolina Coast
Salt marsh mosquitoes flood North Carolina coastal areas in record numbers. Charles White of the State Board of Health notes a six man survey team will map the outbreak this week. He calls it the worst in state history and warns of potential equine encephalomyelitis threats to horses and humans. The 1955 hurricanes widened breeding grounds and a state commission funds the study. no state eradication funds exist. Federal aid is being sought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Charles White
State Board of Health
White
State
Bus Drivers To Compete For North Carolina Scholarships
The North Carolina State Automobile Association awards two 8600 scholarships to the top boy and girl school bus drivers in the state. Contests run under the State Department of Public Instruction and Board of Education with public school officials, to be held at Elkin High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. C. State Automobile Association, Inc
North Carolina
State Department of Public Instruction
State Board of Education
State Department of Motor Vehicles
North Carolina seeks federal aid to clear streams for mosquito control
Commission leader White said eight to 10 million dollars in federal funds are sought to finance clearing streams and ditches. He plans to push legislation to form mosquito control districts and authorize state funds. Coastal counties cooperate with a multi county program, with at least four counties funding control measures. Three steps to eradication are identified: clear streams, kill larvae with chemicals, and kill adults.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mosquitoes
North Carolina
White
Miss Fowler to Wed Mr Spicer
Mr and Mrs Robert Lee Fowler of Dobson announce the engagement of their daughter Lois Lee to Marvin Lee Spicer son of Mr and Mrs Garland Spicer of Elkin route 2 The wedding will take place this month
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Robert Lee Fowler
Dobson
Lois Lee
Marvin Lee Spicer
Garland Spicer
Elkin
Route 2
Birth of Twins David Ray and Deborah Mae Von Cannon
Mr and Mrs Herman W Von Cannon of Greensboro announce the birth of twins David Ray and Deborah Mae on May 19 in Greensboro Mrs VonCannon is the former Annie Gay Marion
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Herman W. VonCannon
Greensboro
David Ray
Deborah Mae
VonCannon
Annie Gay Marion
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Ano
L. E. Cross, Jr
Terry
Richmond, Va
White Plains
Cross
L. E. Cross
Bobby Haymore
Jacqueline Weathers
Dorothy Ann Tyndall
Wisit
Boykes
N. C. Coast
Ate
Elkin High School
Miss Fowler
Mr. Spicer
Eae LT Sala
Fae Leco
Vanna
Cord
Amey
Leonard’s Jewelers Jowelers
Main
Mount Airy, N. C
Slate Motor CO
Buick
Big
Chevrolet
Ford
Henry J
New
Grady and
Bernie Slate
Jack Cook
James Edward Hiatt
Service
James Martin
Harris
Bobby Spencer
O.K
Slate Motor Company
South Main
Worth Street
MT. Airy, N. C
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